Re: EE Locos and other things

["Steve Palmano" <steve719@GTE.net>]

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I think that the TGR X class was the first traction application of the EE
6SRKT engine, as well.  Kind of adds to the overall achievement that the
first issue of a new engine design was so successful!  (And except for
cylinder dimensions, the 6SRKT didn't inherit too much at all from the
earlier 6KT.)

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Dix <mdix@mrt.tas.gov.au>
To: 'Aus loco discussion mailing list' <Ausloco@listbot.com>
Sent: December 20, 1999 03:34 PM
Subject: RE: EE Locos and other things


> Aus loco discussion mailing list
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> "The fact that they did some of their hardest work in the latter days of
> their 40-odd year careers speaks highly of the original E.E. engineering.
> Once the 830's were in the state and the big locos had been air-braked, it
> is also arguable that A.N. worked the 'X' class into the ground - they
owed
> them nothing."
>
> Couldn't agree more, they had no long term use for the X class so they ran
> them till they dropped or shook themselves to pieces! They may have only
> been small locos but they were designed to certain specifications to do a
> certain job which they did admirably.
>
> Michael Dix
>
>
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